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In the book "What We Inherit," experts unpack long-standing myths about genes and how those myths could shape public opinion around emerging embryo-selection technologies.

Daphne O. Martschenko and Sam Trejo both want to make the world a better, fairer, more equitable place. But they disagree on ...

A single exposure to a toxic fungicide during pregnancy can increase the risk of disease for 20 subsequent generations - with inherited health problems worsening many generations after exposure.

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have shown for the first time that, before they can start developing into egg and sperm cells, the embryonic ...

We must remember that Renee and Alex believed in their communities, in the purpose of their work, in the happiness of their ...

What to expect… when you’re expecting to expect? Social media mamas-to-be are abuzz about “trimester zero,” a pre-pregnancy ...

Companies now offer polygenic embryo selection to prospective parents undergoing IVF. But the technology is dangerously underregulated.

In human cells, DNA carries chemical or "epigenetic" marks that decide how genes will be used in different tissues. Yet in a ...

Artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm. In biology, AI tools called deep neural networks (DNNs) have proven invaluable for predicting the results of genomic experiments. Their usefulness ...

A strange, big-eyed “dragonfish” hidden under Antarctic ice for 780,000 years has finally been discovered — and it’s already at risk.

People pick partners for looks and personality, yet overlook body odor – a trait studies show may influence the immune ...